Middle school students will uncover the blueprints of every legendary tale as they learn, identify, and draw symbols for six different plot archetypes!

Middle school students will become masters at decoding characters in their favorite stories after they complete this activity!

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

Become as clever as a fox as you learn to identify and interpret similes and metaphors!

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

Bring opposites together to form oxymorons in this worksheet on figurative language!

Discover the roadmap for your favorite stories with this middle-grade worksheet on plot archetypes!

Don’t let allusions be your white whale; master them with the help of this middle school worksheet!

Put your creative side to work with this fun writing activity!

Explore figurative language fun with this engaging worksheet!

Listen to burgers sizzle and rain patter in this camping-themed onomatopoeia worksheet, designed for fourth and fifth graders!

Learn about common patterns in storytelling with this middle-grade worksheet!

Don’t let allusions be your Achilles’ heel—practice interpreting and writing them with this seventh- and eighth-grade worksheet!

Learners use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of more common allusions.

This middle school worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

Identify irony in context in this helpful worksheet!

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this middle grades worksheet! 

Practice identifying similes like a seasoned expert with this fun, spring-themed maze!

Practice using personification with this autumnal worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!

Strengthen reading comprehension and literary analysis skills with this sixth through eighth grade foreshadowing worksheet!

Write an eloquent, nature-inspired personification poem with this guided worksheet for seventh graders!

Explore figurative language in context with this personification worksheet designed for fifth through eigth graders! 

Fall for figurative language with this engaging worksheet that helps students master the art of personification!

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Get ready, this activity transforms middle school students into experts at understanding and decoding characters in all their favorite stories!

Unmask the cast of every story with this worksheet for middle schoolers on character archetypes!